FYI-Blood Work & Costs

[trip]

TweetFor those who are interested just had a complete bloodwork done.

Quest Diagnostics: Total $428.60

Cholesterol..........................10.00
Dhea-s.................................40.00
Lipoprotein, Direct, Hdl.........15.00
Prolactin...............................30.00
Somatomedin.......................35.00
Triglycerdies.........................10.00
Prostate Specific AG.............30.00
Cbc, Plt, Diff..........................15.00
Abo....................................... 3.74
RH.........................................14.01
Comp. Metabolic Pnl..............42.85
Estradiol................................44.00
Sex Horm Glob (SHBG)...........30.47
Testosterone........................39.88
Albumin (SR).......................... 7.65
Pregnenolone........................61.00

My HDL was a little high, 220 or so
Test, 714 which is great, Im 45
Estrogen, 22 , which is great, that's low #
Free Test, 131 out of 194 , good too
Dhea, 194 , too low should be 500
IGF-1 , 130 , avg. 90-360 , could be higher
Also prostate fine

Overall perking along, and good to go.

Good Luck

[sully]

Tweet...your looking pretty good bro, thanks for the info also...

[VveTTe917]

Tweetof course if ya had insurance you wouldn't need to worry about that

[jack hust]

Tweetthank god i have ins.

[LOCO]

Tweetup here it's free :p

[rollon]

TweetIsn't the HDLs good for you?

[rado]

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Originally posted by LOCO
up here it's free :p

you lucky *****.

[iamdwalrus]

TweetI'm glad to see you're relatively healthy. Curious though on not seeing liver values tested as well as thyroid levels.

[CJWolf]

Tweethow do i get insurance to cover it? i always have to fork out the cahs for it everytime...

anyone go to their school doctor?

[Slackerdude]

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Originally posted by rollon
Isn't the HDLs good for you?

Oh, absolutely, its them LDLs that suck

[Slackerdude]

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Originally posted by trip
For those who are interested just had a complete bloodwork done.



My HDL was a little high, 220 or so

Did you mean your total cholesterol was 220?

[50Cent]

TweetYour insurance should cover it CJ. I had the "works" done (tested for everything health wise, STDs, etc) and only had to pay $37 or something like that. It was done at the student health center, but they billed my insurance.

[trip]

Tweetiamdwalrus & slacker,

They did test for liver values, and the doc said all was fine. Which by the way was the main reason for doing the test.

On cholesterol, total is below normal, which means the low ( let's see if I can get this right slackerdud ) which is the bad was higher than average, the good, which is the HDL was way better than average, so in end total is good, just ldl little higher than average. Course family has history of high cholesterol. I eat non-processed foods, and relatively clean 80-90% of time and workout, including cardio, so don't know what else to do.

On the thyroid, he didn't mention anything specific, and don't really know what 1/2 of those tests are for. I did have my thyroid tested last August and all was good then, so assuming all is still so. Good point though, I will ask the doc next time I talk to him.

And my insurance, personal, has a 10K deductible, so this did come out of my pocket, yet seeing as how 45 yrs., and getting ready to do 3 cycles for the year thought in best interest of ME best to do it right.

In the end believe that Quality Always Costs Less, so this is the route I chose.

Thanks For Feedback & Help
Trip